It’s been a couple of months since the graduation exhibition came down and happily I passed with a distinction. I can’t express how happy this makes me. My confidence in myself has soared.
I also won an award – First Platform Exhibition Award – which will be an exhibition in a Derby based gallery in 2020.
The work was emotional and at times draining, reading about women murdered, often after years of abuse, was at times exhausting, but I think I did them justice.
To top this all off, my phd proposal has been accepted and I’ll be continuing researching how violence against women can be expressed visually. I’m particularly interested in how environment and living rurally affects this subject especially with my interest in community and contemporary art in rural areas. I’m feeling very excited and optimistic about my future as an artist.
